Monday, October 29, 2007

Go West

For somebody who is supposed to be getting rest I'm moving around an awful lot.

Posts-in-progress are stacked up at my end like a pile of unread Little Golden Books on the president's night table. The trip to Pennsylvania was wonderful enough to need two entries, not one. And there was a 1,000 Knitters shoot on Friday night on the South Side that was a rip-snorting good time.

Before I can finish those lengthy reports, however, I have to put up something shorter but time-sensitive.

Thanks to the kind generosity of the Camellia City Stockinettes of Sacramento, California, the first 1,000 Knitters shoot to take place outside the state of Illinois will be happening Saturday, November 3 from 10 am–4:30 pm at Synergex International Corporation, 2330 Gold Meadow Way in Gold River.

The shoot will open to the public (those who aren't members of the guild) at 2:30 pm.

The guild tells me there's ample parking. I have so little experience of such a thing, living in Chicago, that I may ask to go and visit it.

Dolores, who is still in search of a look-alike,* is planning on coming with me. I thought I was safe, since she's been hesitant to leave the house; but apparently Ann Coulter has temporarily abandoned her surveillance post to follow Elizabeth Edwards on the campaign trail.

*Nota bene: if you'd like to enter the contest, please remember that the images you submit must beyours - snagging images off the 'net that were created by other people won't cut the mustard. Dolores is very particular, in case you haven't noticed.

Noooooo! I absolutely would drive from the SF Peninsula to Sac wearing my "Learned to Knit In Prison" t-shirt but this is one of the few weekends I'm out of town. I shall now cross my fingers & hope that perhaps at Stitches West 2008???

Since when are you supposed to be, allowed to be, getting rest? You're a knitter. Knitters do not rest, especially with the onset of cold weather, Al Gore or No Gore. Unless you're planning on migrating to the other hemisphere, you cannot rest until May. Maybe June, in that Windy City. There are babies to be clothed. Mid-winter-holiday gifts to be constructed, felted mouth-gags for one Ms. D (she likes it; trust me, I know), etc. Understood?

In my experience, on a Saturday in that area the parking lot of a corporation like Synergex will have enough parking to boggle the mind of a true city boy. Unfortunately, I won't arrive in california for our holiday migration for another 10 days. Enjoy your trip.

Can't wait to meed Dolores..... oh and of course you. I will be there and hope to be selected to get photo taken... I will be the little ole grammie lookin lady with gray hair. lol....... and I will be happy to take Dolores down to Fanny Annies in old town Sacramento if she needs to be entertained.

Hello there,I'm one of those Sacramento Knitters you will meet on Saturday. I'm Lorna (as in Lorna's Laces, if you know it...I should hope so being from Chicago...)I look forward to meeting you and hoping that your magic camera will add youth and sveltness to my image. I'd be happy to help entertain you and your helper while you are visiting. Do feel free to contact me: lornaknits@yahoo.com

You're going to be across from my house! I'll see you there! FYI there is a GREAT place for lunch in the Bel Air shopping center a block away, Forno Classico, a sort of cali-talian. I'm SOOOO excited! Laura (Gold River, CA)

So .... I realize this is a VERY old post( I like to start from the beginning....) and luckily I'm not on a work computer, because, um, the link for the Camelia whatever it was appears to go to a porn site... Just thought you might want to know...

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